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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

said auditor once in each year, not later if practicable

than April the first, to make a thorough examination

of the cooks of the county commissioners of Dor-

chester county and their treasurer and clerks, their

and his receipts, accounts, disbursements and vouchers,

and make a full report of the results of such exami-

Unties.

nation to the said judges one month before the April

term of court of each year, setting forth how much

of the preceding levy and levies have been disbursed,

with the vouchers therefore, how much has remained

uncollected, and how much is in cash in the hands of

the treasurer; also the precise status of the sinking

fund; how much has been appropriated to the pur-

chase and cancellation of county bonds; how much

has been invested in mortgages, and how much re-

mains uninvested in the hands of the treasurer of the

said board of county commissioners. He shall make

Make examina-

a full and accurate examination of the finances of said

tion and report

county since the last previous audit, and report the

same as he finds them to said court as aforesaid; and

shall also publish a copy of his report in one or more

newspapers published in said county, or by handbills,

as the county commissioners may direct, for the infor-

mation and satisfaction of the people.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the auditor first

appointed under this act shall forthwith proceed to

ascertain the present condition of the finances of said

county, and make a report thereof as hereinbefore

provided, and to that end shall examine books, papers,

accounts, vouchers of the county commissioners office,

and no voucher shall be allowed or passed unless the

Examination—

claim has been levied for the use of the party, or order

how conducted.

to be paid by the county commissioners, and receipted

by the party claiming or to whom it may be due, com-

mencing with the levy made in the year eighteen hun-

dred and seventy-eight, the first under the present

financial system of said county, and thence on down to

the present time, including the levy of eighteen hun-

dred and eighty-three, and he shall receive there-

for the sum of two hundred dollars.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the auditor, when

appointed and qualified as aforesaid, shall have full

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power to inspect the books, vouchers, accounts and

spect.

other public records of the said commissioners' office

and their treasurer, and to summon said treasurer be-

fore him with such records as he, the auditor, may